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Originally Posted by clarie
Is it not obvious?  What if my favourite bars become smoking places? I won't be able to go to them then. I don't want my choice of bars to be restricted because I want to enjoy good health. |
In other words you want everything your way.
I would presume that your favourite pubs are already no smoking establishments otherwise you wouldn't be going to them. Why should they suddenly change and allow smoking?
If pubs were given the choice as to whether they are smoking or no smoking establishments then the landlord/owner will take a commercial decision as to which it should be. If they choose to be smoking allowed pubs then surely that tells you something. It means that the majority of customers want to be able to smoke there and the landlord/owner thinks that he will lose more money if he chooses to ban smoking than if he is to allow smoking.
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Originally Posted by clarie
If smoking is banned in all public places then your friend's business won't lose out to any other bars. However, were she to provide a smoking room, then she could cater for everyone. And to be honest, whilst I am not suggesting that your friend's livelihood is not important, there are other factors such as health that need to be considered.
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It would lose out if the regulars decided to stay at home where they can drink and smoke instead of sitting in a non smoking pub which has lost its atmosphere.
Health is important but smoking is not the only health issue where pubs are concerned. Just look at any hospital A&E department on Friday and Saturday night and you will find it is their busiest time of the week. It is the effects of alcohol that causes most of this increase in patients, not smoking, and some of those patients may not have had a single drink, just suffered because of the ones that have. Maybe they should ban the sale of alcohol in pubs to remove those health issues. You can avoid the risks from passive smoking by taking the decision not to go into places that allow smoking. Avoiding being a casualty at the hands of someone who has consumed too much alcohol is harder to do.